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COUNTDOWN TO NOVEMBER 3, 2026 MID-TERM ELECTIONS

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We have several Ohio elected officials coming up for re-election in the 2026 mid-terms. Take a look at Elected Officials.

What’s Up Ohio – Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio’s FirstEnergy corruption case ends with hung jury March 31, 2026
Summit County jurors were unable to reach a verdict on whether former FirstEnergy executives committed bribery in what’s been called the largest public corruption scheme in Ohio history. The jury had been deadlocked on whether former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones and VP Mike Dowling bribed former Public Utilities Commission Chair Sam Randazzo with $4.3 million […]
Catching Our Eye News Roundup, March 31, 2026 March 31, 2026
Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
As many as 356,000 Ohioans will lose health coverage under Trump spending law, new reports says March 31, 2026
Medicaid work requirements that are part of the Trump/Republican One Big Beautiful Bill Act could cause 356,000 people in Ohio to lose their health care coverage, according to a new report, on top of about 113,000 who already have lost coverage after tax credits were allowed to expire. The work requirements that are part of […]
More than 8,500 acres of Ohio’s public land approved for fracking March 31, 2026
More than 8,000 acres at Egypt Valley Wildlife Area and more than 500 acres at Salt Fork State Park were approved to be fracked during Friday’s Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission meeting, which lasted less than 20 minutes. Four different bid selections were approved for parts of Egypt Valley Wildlife Area in Belmont […]
The question of who has standing to sue is holding up Ohio AI child porn legislation March 31, 2026
Right now, child pornography created with artificial intelligence falls outside the bounds of Ohio law, but two Republican lawmakers are trying to change that. Ohio’s attorney general and local prosecutors are on board. So is the Ohio Domestic Violence Network. No individual or group has voiced public opposition to the idea. The governor even name-checked […]
Ohio Republican lawmakers keep trying to override voters and go around abortion rights amendment March 31, 2026
Despite extraordinary efforts by Ohio’s Republican overlords in 2023 to stop Ohioans from amending their constitution with a simple majority vote, they failed. Ohio voters saw through the ruse peddled by legislative right-wingers to raise the bar for passing constitutional amendments to a 60% threshold. GOP schemers tried to steal the majority voting rights of […]

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The AI War on Iran: Project Maven, a Secretive Palantir-Run System, Helps Pentagon Pick Bomb Targets March 31, 2026
The Trump administration says the United States has struck 11,000 targets in Iran since the U.S.-Israeli war on the country began. Critics have questioned the accuracy of the Maven system, the artificial intelligence system used by the military to speed up the process of identifying targets. “Imagine Google Earth for war, a map of war […]
U.S. Pressure on Cuba Continues Despite Arrival of Russian Oil Tanker March 31, 2026
A Russian tanker carrying around 700,000 barrels of crude oil has arrived in the port of Matanzas, Cuba, breaking the U.S. blockade imposed by President Trump three months ago. Fuel shortages in Cuba have caused dayslong blackouts and have brought all sectors of the country to the brink of collapse. The White House is claiming […]
"Deeply Illegal, Unconstitutional": Trump's Birthright Citizenship Ban Reaches Supreme Court March 31, 2026
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week on the constitutionality of President Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship. An executive order, signed on Trump’s first day back in office, declares children born to parents without permanent legal status would no longer be automatically granted citizenship. The policy “is deeply illegal, unconstitutional and morally wrong,” […]
Headlines for March 31, 2026 March 31, 2026
Trump Drops Bunker Buster Bombs on Isfahan and Threatens to Obliterate Iran’s Energy Infrastructure, Iran Vows to Target American University Campuses in the Region After U.S. Strikes Hit Iranian Universities, Iran Strikes Oil Tanker Near Dubai and Fires Cluster Munitions at Israel, Israel’s Parliament Approves Death Penalty for Palestinians, Palestinian American Activist Nerdeen Kiswani Speaks […]
"The Institutions Have Not Collapsed": Prof. Ali Kadivar on Iran's Resilience to U.S.-Israeli War March 30, 2026
As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran enters its second month, President Donald Trump has said he wants “to take the oil” and seize Kharg Island, Iran’s key export hub in the Persian Gulf. President Trump’s comments come as 3,500 U.S. troops began arriving in the region on Friday, with The Washington Post reporting that the […]
Report from Beirut: "Hearts Are Very, Very Heavy" After Israeli Strikes Target Journalists, Medics March 30, 2026
We speak with journalist Lylla Younes in Beirut as Israel vows to expand its invasion of Lebanon and occupy much of the country. This comes as an Israeli strike targeted a marked press car in southern Lebanon on Saturday, killing Ali Shoeib of Al-Manar TV, reporter Fatima Ftouni of Al Mayadeen TV, and her brother, […]

Call your representatives today to voice your concerns.

US House of Representatives: Jim Jordan

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US Senator: Bernie Moreno

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US Senator: Jon Husted

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Governor Mike DeWine

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